“Often it’s simple misadventure - one or two or a few animals get themselves ... finned pilot whales off the country’s western coast in 2018. Australia’s largest ever beaching was 320 ...

He said another theory suggested whales stranded themselves in response to sonar ... to leave the still-beached behind. Smith said re-beaching was "quite common". "It is important to remember ...

This is not the first time this kind of beaching happens in the Argentine Patagonia area: in 1991, almost 200 pilot whales were stranded and died twenty kilometers north in Punta Tafor.

Alarm bells were sounded after 30 false killer whales were spotted in the Drowned Caye area - waters that are too shallow for these creatures. The sighting spurred the Clearwater Marine Research ...

The other three were gray whales, the first of which — a 36-foot ... in Monterey Bay While the unusually high number of whales beaching in such a short span is abnormal, the number of whales ...

These highly intelligent whales have been documented creating large waves to wash seals off ice floes, and even intentionally beaching themselves to catch prey on the shore. For scientists, one way to ...

Four pods of whales found themselves in the shallow waters of ... "Usually, with this kind of beaching, it ends with 100 (editor's note: dead) whales, and only five or six are saved," Wiese ...

Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say. None of the stranded whales could be refloated and all either died ...

Once the whales began beaching themselves on the shore, wildlife authorities launched an emergency response effort in a bid to save them. Some 51 whales died overnight on Tuesday, with authorities ...

While the unusually high number of whales beaching in such a short span is abnormal, the number of whales who have died around the bay for the year has remained in line with typical levels ...